Microsoft wraps up ads aimed at Google with IE9 pitch

Microsoft on Friday wrapped up a three-day campaign against rival Google by claiming its newest browser, Internet Explorer 9, is superior in stopping users from being tracked by online advertisers. [...]

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Microsoft today unveiled a public sneak peek of its newest browser, Internet Explorer 9, aimed at Web...
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Microsoft: IE9’s better because rivals ‘dilute’ browser efforts
Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 9 late Monday, claiming that it's the best browser for Windows because...
Microsoft spins Android malware into Windows Phone giveaway
Microsoft is using the latest malware campaign aimed at rival Android to give away new Windows 7 Phones...

Office 365’s Lync Online to gain interop with consumer IM networks

Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability with non-Microsoft IM networks. [...]

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Microsoft Lync 2010: Unified communications comes of age
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Microsoft Lync: The Pros and Cons for Enterprises
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Symantec’s cloud-based security service supports Microsoft Lync
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With Lync, Microsoft lowers price of Office Communications Server
Microsoft has announced that enterprise client access licenses (CAL) for Lync Server will cost $107,...

Microsoft researchers say anonymized data isn’t so anonymous

Data routinely gathered in Web logs – IP address, cookie ID, operating system, browser type, user-agent strings – can threaten online privacy because they can be used to identify the activity of individual machines, Microsoft researchers say. [...]

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Microsoft team discovers malicious cookie-forwarding scheme
Microsoft researchers checking how easy it is to identify users by analyzing commonly collected Web-log...
Belarc Advisor: Your System Keeps No Secrets From You
Belarc Advisor (free) is one of the handiest programs going, especially for IT types. This program creates...
RainStor releases next-gen big data repository
RainStor today announced the general availability of its updated database repository, which is optimized...
Researchers Figure Out How to Beat Indestructible Cookie
Evercookie is a JavaScript tool for data miners, was updated recently. Evercookie is a tracking cookie...

Microsoft team discovers malicious cookie-forwarding scheme

Microsoft researchers checking how easy it is to identify users by analyzing commonly collected Web-log data incidentally discovered a cookie-forwarding scheme that can be used to aid session hijacking. [...]

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Microsoft scheme sniffs out unused wireless spectrum
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How Microsoft’s Team Approach Improves Security
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Microsoft issues workaround for Duqu attack while it prepares a patch
Microsoft has published code to temporarily blunt attacks against a software vulnerability exploited...

Microsoft Turns the Tables on Google with Ad Campaign

Google started with one nemesis and a simple mantra. It set out to knock Microsoft off its pedestal, and to “do no evil”. Google has grown into the same type of tech giant it set out to destroy, though, and changes in its privacy policies and practices are giving Microsoft an opportunity to turn the tables with a new ad campaign. [...]

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Firefox Turns 5, Will it See 10?
Happy birthday Firefox. Its hard to believe that its been 5 years already. Just surviving 5 years in...
Microsoft Binary Planting Bug: What You Need to Know
Microsoft released a security advisory in response to a potential exploit, known as DLL preloading or...
Apple in the Enterprise: Breaking Microsoft’s Grip
When Microsoft wanted to show off its midmarket affinity, the software giant would do a promotional video...
Microsoft Battles Apple in the Wrong Market
Microsoft has launched a new Windows 7 campaign to take on Mac OS X. A new tab on the Windows 7 sites...

Kelihos botnet, once crippled, now gaining strength

A botnet that was crippled by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September is spamming once again and experts have no recourse to stop it. [...]

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Huge spamming botnet injured but still alive
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Microsoft names alleged Kelihos botnet creator
Microsoft has named a Russian man as the alleged creator of Kelihos, a spammy botnet that abused the...
Court order cripples Coreflood botnet, says FBI
Although the FBI said a federal temporary restraining order has crippled the Coreflood botnet in the...
Waledac botnet poised for a rebound with stolen credentials
The Waledac botnet, crippled by legal action from Microsoft and covert infiltration by security researchers...

OpenStack removes Hyper-V support in next release

Despite Microsoft’s stated commitment to Hyper-V in OpenStack, buggy code designed to support the hypervisor will be removed from the next version of the stack, developers decided on Wednesday. [...]

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Microsoft ‘committed’ to Hyper-V OpenStack support
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Microsoft’s Hyper-V to be compatible with OpenStack
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Microsoft Hyper-V now supports Linux-based CentOS
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Cisco, Microsoft cooperation on virtual switching gives customers new option
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Microsoft opens door to Kinect for Windows apps

As promised, Microsoft on Wednesday shipped version 1.0 of the Kinect for Windows SDK and runtime and said partners have started selling the Kinect hardware. [...]

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Microsoft building Kinect device for Windows PCs
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For Microsoft’s last CES keynote, Ballmer hawks Windows 8, Kinect
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Microsoft releases Kinect SDK for PCs
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Microsoft fine-tunes Windows 8 Beta with input from users

Microsoft continues to tinker with Windows 8 even as it finalizes its beta version, acting on suggestions it received from users who have experimented with the Windows 8 Developer Preview. [...]

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Microsoft releases Windows 7 SP1 beta
Microsoft today released the first public beta of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1), but warned consumers...
Microsoft releases Windows Phone 7 Connector Beta
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Microsoft announces Windows 7 SP1
Microsoft today announced service packs for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, but declined to...
Microsoft Expands Beta for Windows Intune
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Microsoft ‘committed’ to Hyper-V OpenStack support

Microsoft may try to revive support for Hyper-V in OpenStack as the community considers removing the code — which one OpenStack developer called broken and unmaintained — from the stack. [...]

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